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Hopefully this marks the end of posting direct tweet links to HN. I’ve been avoiding clicking Twitter links, and it’s frustrating to see them on the HN front p

by pavlov 3y ago

Hopefully this marks the end of posting direct tweet links to HN. I’ve been avoiding clicking Twitter links, and it’s frustrating to see them on the HN front page but then having to infer the content from comments. Maybe HN could even have a “Submit a microblog link” feature for that kind of content? When submitting a microblog link, there would be a small text box where you could copy the content of the tweet/whatever. This should be fair use as a quotation (but IANAL). It could be an important archival feature for situations like the current one, where all past HN submissions that point to Twitter are suddenly behind a login wall.

croes 3y ago
Could be problem if the original source get deleted because of legal reasons. And I prefer the original source even if I don't like it.
cwillu 3y ago
The worst is twitter links which are a broken summary
- cwillu 3y ago
  of an interesting concept, briefly explained
  - cwillu 3y ago
    with a link to the actual paper or blogpost buried in the chain of tweets.
jeroenhd 3y ago
You realize you don't have to click on every link, right? If someone publishes something on Twitter/Tumblr/Facebook and you don't like the form on that particular website, you can just ignore it and move on.
- pavlov 3y ago
  There are never Facebook or Tumblr links on the HN front page. Twitter seems to be the only proprietary social media that has enjoyed enough hacker cred to get upvotes.